Magnetic interactions in ordered cobalt three-dimensional nanonetworks

Abstract

"Three-Dimensional (3D) magnetic nanostructures allow the generation and control of new effects able to give rise to the next generation of functional magnetic nanostructured metamaterials and devices[1]. This work reports the results on the synthesis and characterization of different interconnected Co nanowires forming a dense and ordered magnetic system: Co 3D Nanowire Networks (3DNN). These nanostructures were synthesized by the electrodeposition of Co in 3D ordered porous alumina templates [2] [3] [4]. The route allows to control the order and some geometric features compared to other synthesis approaches [1]. The resulting 3DNN consists of hexagonal ordered nanowires with an inter-wire distance of 65 nm and 50 nm in diameter. These nanowires are interconnected with a net of perpendicular or transversal nanowires (TNW) of ≈ 30 nm in diameter. Meanwhile the TNW are distributed in levels with a well defined distance between them of 550 nm. The magnetic characterization consisted in hysteresis loops, first magnetization curves and first order reversal curves (FORC) at 0º (in-plane, IP) 30º, 60º and 90º (out of plane, OOP) from perpendicular NW main axis. 1.D. Bhattacharya, et al. Nano Lett. (2022), 22, 24, 10010–10017. 2.J. Martín, et. al., Nat. Commun. 5, (2014) 5130. 3.A. Ruiz-Clavijo, et al. Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 13 (2019), 1900263. 4.A. Ruiz-Clavijo, et al., Adv. Electron. Mater. 8, (2022) 2200342"